Governance

APPG on Fair Business Banking Governance

Members

The APPG on Fair Business Banking currently has 117 members made up of Members of the House of Commons and Lords. Download a full list of all APPG FBB Members

Funding

The APPG on Fair Business Banking receives secretariat services from the non-profit Athena Foundation. The Athena Foundation receives four ‘tiers’ of funding. First, individuals can donate to the Group to support our work. Second, we operate an Associate Membership scheme for companies who support our objectives and would like to provide us with funding, but with no say in our aims and objectives. Further details of our Associate Membership scheme can be found here. Third, our workstreams require project funding from participating institutions, such as the Contracts Working Group and our dispute resolution workstream. Lastly, the Athena Foundation receives larger grants from donors such as Open Society Foundations and The Joffe Trust. Details of the organisations that have participated in each workstream can be found at bottom of the relevant workstream webpage. All funds received (no matter how great or small the amount) are declared within the accounts of the Athena Foundation and reported to the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (if above £1,500). Download a full list of all funding we have received since 2015 Download the APPG’s Secretariat Proposal – May 2021

Annual General Meetings

2023

The APPG on Fair Business Banking held its 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 21st March. At the AGM Simon Fell MP and William Wragg MP were both re-elected as Co-Chairs of the APPG. All the returning officers were re-elected as Vice Chairs and two new Vice-Chairs were elected. The Vice Chairs re-elected are as follows: Bill Esterson MP (LAB), Lord Holmes of Richmond (CON), Tonia Antoniazzi MP (LAB), Lord Cromwell (Crossbench), Alison Thewliss MP (SNP), The Earl of Lindsay (CON), Sammy Wilson MP (DUP), Chris Stephens MP (SNP), Ben Lake MP (Plaid Cymru), Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP), Ruth Jones MP (LAB), Lord McNicol (LAB), Alexander Stafford MP (CON), Chris Law MP (SNP), Peter Gibson MP (CON), Peter Dowd MP (LAB) and Greg Smith MP (CON). The newly elected Vice-Chairs are as follows: Alex Sobel MP (LAB) and Seema Malhotra MP (LAB). Download the 2023 AGM Minutes Download the 2022-2023 Financial Statement

2022

The APPG on Fair Business Banking held its 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 11th May. At the AGM Kevin Hollinrake MP and William Wragg MP were both re-elected as Co-Chairs of the APPG. All the returning officers were re-elected as Vice Chairs and three new Vice-Chairs were elected. The Vice Chairs re-elected are as follows: Bill Esterson MP (LAB), Lord Holmes of Richmond (CON), Tonia Antoniazzi MP (LAB), Dr Lisa Cameron MP (SNP), Lord Cromwell (Crossbench), Alison Thewliss MP (SNP), The Earl of Lindsay (CON), James Cartlidge MP (CON), Sammy Wilson MP (DUP), Chris Stephens MP (SNP), Ben Lake MP (Plaid Cymru), Harriett Baldwin MP (CON), Julian Knight MP (CON), Viscount Waverley (Crossbench), Chris Matheson MP (LAB), Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP), Alexander Stafford MP (CON), Chris Law MP (SNP), Peter Gibson MP (CON), Tom Tugendhat MP (CON), Peter Dowd MP (LAB) and Greg Smith MP (CON). The newly elected Vice-Chairs are as follows: Lord Davies of Gower (CON), Ruth Jones MP (LAB) and Lord McNicol (LAB). Download the 2021 AGM Minutes Download the 2021 Financial Statement 

2021

The APPG on Fair Business Banking held its 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 25th February. At the AGM Kevin Hollinrake MP and William Wragg MP were both re-elected as Co-Chairs of the APPG. All the returning officers were re-elected as Vice Chairs and eleven new Vice-Chairs were elected. The Vice Chairs re-elected are as follows: Dr Lisa Cameron MP (SNP), Sammy Wilson MP (DUP), the Earl of Lindsay (Conservative), Lord Cromwell (Crossbench), Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) and Chris Stephens MP (SNP). The newly elected Vice Chairs are as follows: James Cartlidge MP (Conservative), Alison Thewliss MP (SNP), Ben Lake MP (Plaid Cymru), Julian Knight MP (Conservative), Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative), Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP), Chris Matheson MP (Labour), Chris Law MP (SNP), Peter Gibson MP (Conservative), Andrew Griffith MP (Conservative), Tom Tugendhat MP (Conservative), Viscount Waverley (Crossbench), Bill Esterson MP (Labour), Greg Smith MP (Conservative) and Alexander Stafford MP (Conservative). The APPG held a Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) was held on Friday 16th April 2021. At the EGM, Bim Afolami MP (Conservative) was elected Co-Chair of the APPG. Lord Holmes of Richmond (Conservative) and Peter Dowd MP (Labour) were elected as Vice-Chairs. The APPG now has twenty-three Vice-Chairs representing five different political parties. Download the 2021 AGM Minutes Download the 2021 EGM Minutes Download the 2021 Financial Statement 

2020

The APPG on Fair Business Banking held its 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 14th January. At the AGM Kevin Hollinrake MP and William Wragg MP were both re-elected as Co-Chairs of the APPG. All the returning officers were re-elected as Vice Chairs and eleven new Vice-Chairs were elected. The Vice Chairs re-elected are as follows: Dr Lisa Cameron MP (SNP), Sammy Wilson MP (DUP), the Earl of Lindsay (Conservative), Lord Cromwell (Crossbench), Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour) and Chris Stephens MP (SNP). The newly elected Vice Chairs are as follows: James Cartlidge MP (Conservative), Alison Thewliss MP (SNP), Ben Lake MP (Plaid Cymru), Julian Knight MP (Conservative), Harriett Baldwin MP (Conservative), Kirsty Blackman MP (SNP), Chris Matheson MP (Labour), Chris Law MP (SNP), Peter Gibson MP (Conservative), Andrew Griffith MP (Conservative) and Tom Tugendhat MP (Conservative). Download the 2020 AGM Minutes Download the 2020 Financial Statement

2019

The 2019 APPG on Fair Business Banking Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on 30 October 2019. At the AGM, all officers were re-elected and three further Vice-Chairs were elected: Tonia Antoniazzi MP (Labour), Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Labour) and Chris Stephens MP (SNP). The APPG’s Co-Chairs are Kevin Hollinrake MP (Conservative) and William Wragg MP (Conservative). Dr Lisa Cameron MP (SNP), Sammy Wilson MP (DUP), the Earl of Lindsay (Conservative), Lord Cromwell (Crossbench), Stephen Kerr MP (Conservative) and Luke Graham (Conservative) remain as Vice-Chairs. Download the 2019 AGM Minutes Download the 2019 Income/Expenditure statement Download the 2019 Financial Statement

2018

The 2018 APPG on Fair Business Banking Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on 31 October 2018. At the AGM, all officers were re-elected and two further Vice-Chairs were elected: Stephen Kerr MP (Conservative) and Luke Graham MP (Conservative). The APPG’s Co-Chairs are Kevin Hollinrake MP (Conservative) and Norman Lamb MP (Liberal Democrats). Martin Whitfield MP (Labour), Dr Lisa Cameron MP (SNP), Sammy Wilson MP (DUP), the Earl of Lindsay (Conservative) and Lord Cromwell (Crossbench) remain as Vice-Chairs. Download the 2018 AGM Minutes Download the 2018 Income/Expenditure statement Download the 2018 Financial Statement